S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

The Coca-cola Company

Jt International S.a.

Gerard Michael O'Brien

Steven A Zach

Nathan R Westphal

Michael E Klinkhammer

Chris A Kubicek

Marshall J Barrash

Doraiswami Jaichandra

Gabriela Greco

George Reeves

Eric Thomas Connolly

A device for applying controlled unitized doses of a flowable material to a surface is disclosed. The device includes a tubular body and a plunger. The body has a wall defining a cavity, and the body has a first open end and an opposite second end having a dispensing orifice. A flowable material is contained in the cavity of the body. The plunger has an outer sleeve dimensioned for surrounding at least a section the body and an inner pushing structure dimensioned for axial movement in the cavity of the body. The device has means for indexed positioning of the second end of the body and an inner end of the inner pushing structure of the plunger relative to each other to provide controlled unitized doses of the flowable material to a surface when the plunger is moved toward the body by a user's hand.

Device for dispensing a controlled dose of a flowable material

Applicator refill

Applicator

A pop-up valve closure for a container has a cap with a well defined therein. A valve with a valve sleeve is movably mounted in this well. The valve is movable between a closed position and a popped-up open position. An actuator can lock and unlock the valve in order to permit opening and closing of the valve. When the actuator unlocks the valve, a spring or other device can automatically move the valve from the closed position to the open position. This unlocking can be carried out with finger pressure applied to a tilting button of the actuator.

Pop-up valve closure for a container

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Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Gerard Michael O'Brien